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David Sabados to lead political effort to repeal Colorado death penalty

Feb 23, 2018

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JOEY BUNCH

Veteran Colorado (and national) politico David Sabados has a new mission: getting rid of the death penalty. Sabados will the executive director for Coloradans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty to find supportive candidates and eventually pass legislation. The organization calls the death penalty “a failed policy that too often risks innocent lives, is applied unequally to…
Why local elections matter to young people

Nov 3, 2017

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David Sabados

It’s that time of year: the television ads are airing nonstop, the public is engaged in debates about political policy, and yard signs are popping up – no wait, that’s only in even years. Across Colorado, many cities and towns are holding municipal elections, but as usual they don’t get the attention they deserve. Local…
Supporters ready to campaign for measure to lower minimum age for Colorado lawmakers to 21

May 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Supporters are lining up to get behind a referendum approved by lawmakers to ask voters next year whether to lower the minimum age to serve in the General Assembly from 25 to 21. “We’re grateful to our legislators for putting this question to the voters,” said Lizzy Stephan, executive director of New Era Colorado, an…
Colorado Democrats wrap up unresolved vice chair race by naming three winners

May 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Nearly two months after party elections, Colorado Democrats this week finally have a full contingent of state officers after members of the central committee overwhelmingly approved a plan to fill the 2nd vice chair position with the top three finalists. The position had gone unfilled since the March 11 reorganization meeting, when none of the…
Colorado Democrats voting on plan to finish unresolved vice chair election by installing three finalists

Apr 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats are conducting a mail-ballot vote this month to decide whether to conclude an unfinished election for a statewide vice chair position by awarding posts to the top three finalists. The post of 2nd vice chair has gone unfilled since last month’s party reorganization meeting when none of the candidates won a majority of…
Colorado Democrats to elevate top three finalists to vice chair position after unresolved election

Mar 28, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats plan to name all three finalists to the party’s vice chair position left unfilled earlier this month when none of the candidates surpassed a majority of the vote after multiple rounds of balloting, The Colorado Statesman has learned. As things stand, former Arapahoe County Democratic Party Chair Pat Shaver will become 2nd vice…
Mesa County’s Kevin McCarney switches to Colorado Republican Party vice chair race

Mar 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Mesa County Republican Kevin McCarney announced Tuesday he’s switching from the race for Colorado Republican Party state chair to the race for vice chair, saying he believes there is a “competitive void” in the race and a lack of Western Slope representation among state GOP leadership candidates. His announcement leaves two candidates – former congressional…
Colorado Democrats declare David Sabados winner by one vote in 1st vice chair race

Mar 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Colorado Democratic Party announced Monday afternoon that David Sabados had prevailed over Gil Barela in the race for 1st vice chair of the state party by a single vote, bringing to a nail-biting conclusion an election that had been in limbo since Saturday’s state central committee meeting in Denver. Sabados, a Denver-based political consultant…
Pair of Colorado Democratic Party vice chair elections unresolved after party reorganization

Mar 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Democrats couldn’t pick the party’s two state vice chair officers – 1st vice chair and 2nd vice chair – at a reorganization meeting on Saturday in Denver after one race resulted in a tie and the other failed to produce a winner after three rounds of balloting. Democratic officials – including the party’s new…
Barbara Jones drops out of Democratic state chair race, endorses Clear Creek County’s Tim Mauck

Mar 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Barbara Jones, one of the three candidates for Colorado Democratic Party state chair, withdrew from the race just days before the election and threw her support to Clear Creek County Commissioner Tim Mauck, the dark horse candidate running against former congressional candidate and former Senate President Morgan Carroll. Jones, the state party’s incumbent 2nd vice…